Bought items from two sellers. Neither shipped. Mercari just lets them cancel; no chance to review seller or warn other buyers. But if you look at the seller profiles they haven't shipped an item in three years. It's just cancellation after cancellation. Mercari looks like a scam to me - just a way to collect your data, take your money, play the float (earning interest while they have your money) then cancel with no penalty to the fraudulent seller. Seems like a scam site, so stay away.
Tip for consumers:
Hard. Pass.
Products used:
Clothing
Every message I received from Roommates.com was a scam. Not one was a real person with a real room to rent. Of 12 people who messaged me in the 48 hours I was on the platform, all 12 immediately went inactive. Of those 12, a total of 11 had their messages banned for violations, and the one who wasn't banned went inactive immediately. Not one person who I messaged even read my message, so those seem to be bot accounts with no rooms to rent. Do not join, do not spend money, do not use this site.
Tip for consumers:
Roommates.com is a disaster. Do not use it for any purpose.
Products used:
Services
So, I know that Whirlpool makes unreliable products, but they have some cool features and when you get a good deal due to a couple scratches and scrapes, its' worth the risk, right? Well, the water dispenser (#1 failed component) went out in warranty, and it would have been a $200+ repair, so I forked over a whopping $384.00 for an extended warranty for 5 years. By the time WP scheduled repair company #1 (who was a no-show and didn't even tell me in advance) and got repair comapny # 2 on the calendar, it will have been a month without a water dispenser. But that's just a lousy warranty program, isn't it, when you have to wait a month, not to mention 4-hour appoinment windows which means an entire day off work. So, think twice about WP and even harder about the exwarranty since it means you'll have take a day off work for the first company, who won't show, and then you have to wait another 2.5 weeks for company # 2 to show up, plus take another day off work. I'd rather go without the dispenser and the warranty, but I'm stuck with both.
Tip for consumers:
Don't do it
Products used:
Extended warranty
We already pay a fee to find caregivers, now when we find one there's more fees for a "trust fee" and a "processing fee" of 6% for credit cards when no card processor charges more than 2.95%? And, we can't search providers on our own anymore, we have to use the providers you select? What's going on?
Hello, We'd be happy to assist you if you want to reach out to us through our Help Center's contact us form found at help.care.com. You can also reach out to us through our Facebook Messenger. Please include Reference Number REV-007048 with your message.
They sell cards that other people have already hacked into, so your card never works. Then they make you call in and give your information to mail you a new card. They are doing this to harvest information and resell it. They do not comply with CA privacy laws. Total scam.
Tip for consumers:
Don't buy these gift cards. Get a prepaid/secure Visa instead.
Products used:
Prepaid gift card bought from Kroger. Kroger knows they're bad because all prepaid card sales are final.
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I am appalled. I should've looked at customer service reviews before I put my order in so many...
Hello,
It's unfortunate that you did not get more legitimate responses. Roommates.com is a bulletin board service and we do our best to keep the scammers off the site. If we remove an account we do remove all messages they sent out to keep our legitimate members safe. We do not have bot accounts, and we cannot guarantee users will contact you. Hopefully you will be able to find a roommate soon. If you want to give us another try please contact us at support@roommates.com and we can give you some tips on using the free portion of the site.
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